Fall Crafts To Do With The Kids Part 5

Indian Corn

 This craft is a lot of fun!

There is a little more prep involved than most of the others. 

How To: 

Type, print, and cut out the poem. 

Cut a piece of white construction paper; shaped like a feather. 

Also cut out the "stalk" from light yellow paper. 

Using your scrap pieces of paper cut out pieces, I did squares, in brown, red, yellow, orange, and white. 

These colors are mentioned in the poem.  

Glue the stalk and colored paper on to the white construction paper, then glue your poem on top. 

Attach string to the back if you want to hang your Indian Corn. 

God put colors

For you and me

On all if the Indian

Corn we see!

Brown is for

the beauty of Fall.

Red is for God’s love

for us all.

Yellow is for the

golden sun

White tells us to

love everyone

Orange reminds us

to give God praise

and keep Him

with us every day!

Fall Crafts To Do With The Kids Part 4

Thankful Turkey

I've been making this craft since I was a kid. Its a lot of fun and shows how your child's hand grows every year! 

Supplies: 

Construction paper in a variety of colors, pen, glue, and your child's hand. 

How To: 

Trace your child's hand on brown paper, having the thumb stick out slightly, so it will be the Turkey's head.  

Cut it out and glue to a sheet of white construction paper. 

Draw in the legs, eye, beak, and "gobbler". 

Cut out the feathers in a variety of colors and write what you're thankful for on them then glue them on to the "fingers". 

Fall Craft Ideas To Do With The Kids...Part 3

Pumpkin Poem

This craft is ideal for Halloween but can be done any time during the Fall. 

Supplies: You will need Pumpkins, glue, a pen, the poem (below), and if wanted other decorations. 

How to: Type, print, and cut out the poem. Glue to one side of the pumpkin. On the other side draw a jack-o-lantern face or decorate it. 

Extras: I bought the pumpkins from dollar tree, they were foam. Also, I used extra pieces of left over foam and sequins to decorate my pumpkin. 

Being a Christian is like being a Pumpkin

God picks you from the patch and brings you in (John 15:16)

Then washes all the dirt off of you (2 Corinthians 5:17)

He opens you up and scoops out all the yucky stuff.

He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. (Romans 6:6)

Then He carves you a new smiling face. (Psalm 71:23)

And He puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see. (Matthew 5:16)

Fall Crafts To Do With The Kids Part 2

Poems, Leaves, and Candy Corn

I love poems! 

And I think they're great additions to crafts! 

Years down the road the kids will find the craft, read the poem, and remember the fun they had and MAYBE, just maybe they'll pass that joy along to someone else! 

Below are a couple things I did this year.  

I've done the leaf poem before but I found the candy corn ones one Pinterest. 

Is that anyone elses go to??? 

Leaf Poem: 

Very simple! 

All you need is the poem (pasted below), paper, glue, string, and leaves to decorate. Let the kids do the rest themselves. 

To change it up, frame the little guy or make it into cards, or notes for your pumpkin loaf! 

Come, Little Leaves

By George Cooper

“Come, little leaves,” said the wind one day.

“Come over the meadows with me and play;

Put on your dresses of red and gold,

For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”

Soon as the leaves heard the wind’s loud call,

Down they came fluttering, one and all;

Over the brown fields they danced and flew,

Singing the sweet little songs they knew.

“Cricket good-by, we’ve been friends so long,

Little brook, sing us your farewell song;

Say you are sorry to see us go;

Ah, you will miss us, right well we know.”

Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went,

Winter had called them, and they were content;

Soon, fast asleep in their earthly beds,

The snow laid a coverlid over their heads.

 Candy Corn: 

Again, it's simple! 

All you need is the poem(s), scissors, glue, string, and construction paper; white, orange, yellow, a solid color for the back, I used black. 

Agian, you could easily make this into a framed piece, card, or gift for a friend.

Trinity

Just like the

3 colors in

the candy corn I see.

There are 3 persons in the Holy Trinity

God the Father

God the son, Jesus

God the Holy Spirit

All 3 are God,

Yet together

They are One.

There are two different poems because I love them both!

WHITE is for our Sins

That Jesus washed away

ORANGE is for new hope

The Lord gives us each day

YELLOW is for His wisdom

And words so sweet

Please check back in next week for another post with ideas. 

SOLD!

Pumpkin Hat-SOLD! 

This hat sold last week and shipped to Oregon. 

It's so cute and hopefully the little one that has it is enjoying it!

 

Fall Craft Ideas To Do With The Kids Part 1

Making Decor for Your Home

I like to do crafts that last as well as one time things for special occasions. 

Making things with the littles in your family or circle of friends is always fun and interesting. 

Lets face it, kids make a mess but its fun to watch them create! 

When I was growing up one of my fondest memories was helping my mom make a wreath for our front door. 

We bought a few things on sale at Walmart, used a hot glue gun and made something beautiful that I treasure and still hang up every year; granted, I gave it a face life last year. 

Below are a couple ideas for making stuff for your home. 

One is a kit I bought at Michael's and the other is a simple and fun idea you can do easily at home. 

First: the "Thankful" craft kit from Michael's 

Easy, fun, and came with everything except glue. 

Put it together and hang it from your mantle, over your entry way, etc. 

 Second: The Hand Wreath

This really is simple! 

Get some construction paper, a pencil, scissors, and tape or a stapler. Trace each family members hands, cut them out, tape or staple them together, add a ribbon or string and hang it from the door, window, etc. 

Be sure your write the names of the individuals and their age on their hands, in the future it will become a piece of family history.

 Check back in next week for another post on crafts you can do with the kiddies in your life! 

Thanks for reading!